Father and son Hal and Oliver are beginners at relationships even at this late stage in their lives. Hal is 75, newly widowed, and declares himself gay and determined to make the most of the time he has left. Oliver on the other hand is 38, single, with a string of affairs in his past … Continue reading
Growing up gay in a small conservative town in the Deep South is tough enough, but as well as worrying about his religious parents reactions, 17 year-old choirboy Ricky is also concerned about upsetting Jesus too. Everybody in his close circle of school friends is more comfortable with his sexuality than he is, and even … Continue reading
Eric Schaeffer’s refreshing and enchanting drama about three 20 year-olds looking for love in a small backwater town in Kentucky gently challenges us to suspend our preconceived views on gender labels and be as open to what happens as these lovelorn kids are. Ricky is a confident and determined transgendered young woman who is marking … Continue reading
There is a really fine art and skill into curating compendiums of short movies, and it’s one that the programmers at Peccadillo Pictures, a major UK distributor of LGBT cinema, actually seem to get better at with every new edition of their celebrated Boys On Film Series. Their latest one no 15 : Time & … Continue reading
Newbie filmmaker Aaron Douglas Johnson’s debut feature is an unsettling docu-drama hybrid that arose from a very personal tragedy in his life. Johnson was born in a small town in Iowa and as an only child he grew up very close to his cousin Matt. By all accounts Matthew, a devout Catholic and a passionate … Continue reading